HOUSE CHURCH CHINA

The tide began to turn for the underground house church in China due to two factors.

For one, the growth rate of China's underground house church, while still robust, began to level off. This coincided with the mass migration from China's rural areas, where the house church traditionally had been strong, to the cities, where many former house church members turned their attention to chasing China's new god: money.

For another, Amity’s Bible printing volume, which had been increasing incrementally, began a steep climb in 2002, from 2.5 million Bibles to 4.3 million Bibles in 2003, to 6.4 million Bibles in 2005 and 7.4 million Bibles in 2007 (see graph).

Amity expanded capacity again in 2008 and has now become the world's largest Bible printer. Amity will print 12 million Bibles in 2009, nine million of which will be sold inside China through China's 55,000 Three Self churches.

Does Bible shortage still persist for China's house church Christians?

Most Chinese cities and many rural areas have a Three Self church where anyone can walk in and buy a handful of Bibles for as low as $0.90-$1.20 depending on the Bible and without having to register or show identification. But there are other rural areas where the house church Christians still lack Bibles. (In addition, completely lacking in China are children’s Bibles, which the Chinese government totally bans.)

Why don’t the house church Christians go and buy Bibles at the Three Self churches?

Underground Church Here Is Why They Don't

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